This is a discussion on Play money for real money within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; I've been seeing some sites lately that offer real money for play money. Is this true or is it just another scam?

I've been seeing some sites lately that offer real money for play money. Is this true or is it just another scam?

#2

23rd October 2009, 12:35 AM

cardplayer52 [1,195]

Poker at: full tilt

Game: holdem

there are sites that will buy pokerstars playchips for real money. but i'm not sure if all these sites are on the level. but i do know you can buyin to a fulltilt tournament for 500k playchips for a real money cash prize.

#3

23rd October 2009, 5:54 AM

moemtg [529]

Online Poker at: Ultimate Pok

Game: Cash 9 Max

Sure beats me....

I thought playchips were just that... playchips...

Rock on if you can use them to get into real tourney's and whatnot!

Moe

#4

24th October 2009, 11:55 PM

luckforsome [237]

Poker at: Full TIlt

Game: NHL

..full tilt do offer omething like this...of coruse there are just normal playchips///and you only start with 1000
but everynight there is a freeroll, worth 40 dollars..18 people getpaid, 1st gets 5, 2nd get 3, and 3rd-18th get 2 dollars....real money

its 500000 play chips, it sounds rediculous, but its not that hard to get, im up to about 12,000,000...and there are generally onyl about 50 in this tourney, so its easy enough to get into the money...

#5

25th October 2009, 12:20 AM

chipshuffler [111]

Online Poker at: Full Tilt

Game: Holdem

Yes this is 100% true. Full tilt chips often sell for between $3-$5 a mil. Pokerstars often sell for between $8-$10 per mil. And yes, there is also the $40 freeroll where you can buy in for 500k on full tilt and its extremely easy to make the pay.

#6

26th October 2009, 5:13 AM

Emilionski [13]

Poker at: Fulltilt

Game: Holdem

Quote:

Originally Posted by chipshuffler

Yes this is 100% true. Full tilt chips often sell for between $3-$5 a mil. Pokerstars often sell for between $8-$10 per mil. And yes, there is also the $40 freeroll where you can buy in for 500k on full tilt and its extremely easy to make the pay.

Do you know which site is legit?

#7

26th October 2009, 5:33 AM

mstram [163]

Online Poker at: Full Tilt

Game: Omaha

re: Poker & Play money for real money

Quote:

Originally Posted by luckforsome

..full tilt do offer omething like this...of coruse there are just normal playchips///and you only start with 1000
but everynight there is a freeroll, worth 40 dollars..18 people getpaid, 1st gets 5, 2nd get 3, and 3rd-18th get 2 dollars....real money

its 500000 play chips, it sounds rediculous, but its not that hard to get, im up to about 12,000,000...and there are generally onyl about 50 in this tourney, so its easy enough to get into the money...

What are you playing to accumulate your play chips? SNG's ? .. "cash" tables (play chips) ?

I made a feeble attempt, and up to a whopping 6K at the moment

I was playing the 90 player SNG's, shove the first hand or two, as everyone else is too, and hope to start off with a quick 20k stack. Did that for a day or two, but got bored.

Now I figure it will take as long to make the 500k as it does to play in the 2700 man freerolls anway.

Does PokerStars have any tournaments that pay real $$, that you can enter with playchips ?

I see they have play chip tourneys where you can win play chips.

#8

26th October 2009, 5:35 AM

PattyR [7,117]

Poker at: full tilt

Game: hold em

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emilionski

Do you know which site is legit?

pokerstars is definately legit

fulltilt is legit as far as you can pay 500K playchips to enter a tourney...not exactly sure what the payout on the this tourney is...im thinkin the prizepool is around $40....not positive though...and every time ive ever seen it running ive never seen it have more than 100 people enter

#9

26th October 2009, 7:00 AM

JMTalbert [124]

Online Poker at: Full Tilt

Game: Hold 'Em

Never played the FTP 500K playchip tourney, but it took me along time to earn my 2M chips. Since I've been playing for real money I haven't gone back to the play chips...

#10

26th October 2009, 9:20 PM

keaton [178]

Poker at: fulltilt

Game: holdem

I am thinking of doing a challenge in December involving play chips on PokerStars.

I am thinking of doing a challenge in December involving play chips on PokerStars.

$100,000 to $10,000,000 playing SnG's

Do you think this is possible?

Of course its possible.
But would be much easier on Fulltilt.
I think the biggest playmoney SnG's on Stars are 200k, whilst on FT its 1M.

#12

26th October 2009, 10:07 PM

sharkyo01 [1,203]

Game: Snap

I tried playing the "Play money" i find it very because it has not real value. Work out how much 1000 play chips are worth....

Just find it really really hard.....

#13

26th October 2009, 11:27 PM

ThomasShea [58]

Online Poker at: Full Tilt

Game: HORSE

Never heard of

I know Full tilt has a tournament where it costs 500k play chips and it's a 40$ freeroll where i believe 18 players win 2$ and top 2 win 3$. Usually only a few enter it too. Also, i know there are sites that do exchanges, 1M play chips for lets say 4$. Many sites buy play chips then resell them for more. I never heard of the actual site buying the play chips from the players.

#14

26th October 2009, 11:33 PM

PattyR [7,117]

Poker at: full tilt

Game: hold em

re: Poker & Play money for real money

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMTalbert

Never played the FTP 500K playchip tourney, but it took me along time to earn my 2M chips. Since I've been playing for real money I haven't gone back to the play chips...

it does take a very long time to reach even 1M chips. you ever gonna enter these 500K playchip tournies?

#15

27th October 2009, 12:07 AM

cardplayer52 [1,195]

Online Poker at: full tilt

Game: holdem

the road to millions doesnt have to be that long. check this thread out. i've won over $20 in the 500K $40 freerolls. with that and another ~$9 from CC freerolls and a few other freerolls I was on my way. I got over $750 now in winnings/bonuses.

Yep, the playchips sites definately around for PS and FTP. Yet, for the life of me I don't know why people would pay for playchips

#17

27th October 2009, 12:39 AM

canucks921 [161]

Online Poker at: Bodog.com

Game: holdem

I don't get it, why would people want to buy the play chips? Is it the poker site buying them from you? Or another player? Hopefully the site because I don't get why anybody would buy play chips.

#18

27th October 2009, 3:22 AM

cardplayer52 [1,195]

Poker at: full tilt

Game: holdem

people buy them for the kids. i know when i was learning the lowest levels of playchips the play was horrible. i'm not sure if there's a huge market for them. but know i've been offered some good money for them(probably a scam). if you rail the bigger playchip tourneys and ring games you actually see people beg for them.

#19

27th October 2009, 3:46 AM

massimo [192]

500,000 points to play a $40 prize pool tourney? Wow, that's exciting. You may as well just dig around in the couch for loose change.

#20

27th October 2009, 6:59 AM

LizzyJ [1,165]

Poker at: Full Tilt

Game: NLHE and PLO

Playing No Limit with play money is completely useless. It's an all-in fest. The limit, pot limit and SnG's are quite so bad; you might actually learn something there. But try to make the jump to real money as soon as possible. You can pick up some really bad habits with play money.

Just my $.02

#21

27th October 2009, 7:25 AM

Mitch_auzzie [9]

Online Poker at: Ultimate bet

Game: NL Holdem

re: Poker & Play money for real money

thats who i started this site pays u like 10k = 10c so 1 mill was like $10

#22

28th October 2009, 3:56 AM

FTP_TheNuts [897]

Poker at: Full Tilt

Game: NLHE

AFAIK, Selling play chips, and i know it is on Full Tilt Poker, is 100% Illegal, as the only way to do it is to chip dump which is against site rules. Just thought id let you know because you dont want to get into trouble

#23

28th October 2009, 6:50 AM

cardplayer52 [1,195]

Online Poker at: full tilt

Game: holdem

Quote:

Originally Posted by FTP_TheNuts

AFAIK, Selling play chips, and i know it is on Full Tilt Poker, is 100% Illegal, as the only way to do it is to chip dump which is against site rules. Just thought id let you know because you dont want to get into trouble

pokerstars actually allows tranfers of playchips. and although it's against the rules to sell them little is done to stop it AFAIK.

Yes this is 100% true. Full tilt chips often sell for between $3-$5 a mil. Pokerstars often sell for between $8-$10 per mil. And yes, there is also the $40 freeroll where you can buy in for 500k on full tilt and its extremely easy to make the pay.

If this was true I could easily make 100$/hr, playing play money on FullTilt.

#25

3rd November 2009, 6:53 PM

shanks99 [37]

Online Poker at: FTP & PS

Game: NLHE

Quote:

Originally Posted by only_bridge

If this was true I could easily make 100$/hr, playing play money on FullTilt.

Wow! Doing the math, assuming $5 per million play money, that means that you could win 20 million play chips per hour.

Not to sound like a skeptic, but I'd like to see this done.

On a sustained basis.

#26

3rd November 2009, 7:13 PM

moemtg [529]

Poker at: Ultimate Pok

Game: Cash 9 Max

Update

Well after reading this post awhile back I started to look around on Full Tilt...

There was one night that you could "Play A Pro" with a buy-in of 4.5k in playchips... It was a 9 man SNG with a payout of a $26 tourney dollar token... Sweet... unfortunately I only had 2.5k in play chips (don't know how, musta been from way back in the day) and I didn't want to have my friends come and "chip dump" their play chips to me on the tables... Collusion is against Full Tilt Policy and results in a ban!

Also.... the Fergusson freeroll at 22:10 EST is pretty cool... its a 2700 people MTT and the top 100 get $1 Tourney Dollar... you can keep it or use it to get into the Fergusson game at 1:00 EST...

So looks like playchips (for those of you who don't have the means of depositing or can't win freerolls) have a shot at some form of real money from these chips...

Haven't looked into PokerStars or any other site... Got sick of em... Just play on Tilt and sometimes FullRush now...

My Two Cents,
Moe

#27

3rd November 2009, 7:37 PM

Hambone8705 [136]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: Holdem

Carbon poker also runs a 3-step single table SNG for a tournament dollar. You purchase a step 1 ticket for 250 play chips. Win the step 1 and get to step 2, win step 2 get to step 3, win step 3 and you get 1 tournament dollar.

#28

4th November 2009, 12:03 AM

luckforsome [237]

Poker at: Full TIlt

Game: NHL

re: Poker & Play money for real money

being honest, i laughed alot when "only bridge" said he could make 100$ per hour...i know its play chips,and its full of donks...but if your making 5 million play chips an hour on a regular basis, then ivey wouldnt stand a chance...no slagging, but realistic writing please...

Well, I dont know, but its not like its difficult to win play chips.
I sometimes do that when I feel out of shape, and are too tired to concentrate.
I usally play hu SnG, or PLO8.
Haven't played them too serious, but you guys are probably right. Once u start winning that big you will probably more or less kill the action.

#30

26th November 2009, 2:10 AM

moemtg [529]

Poker at: Ultimate Pok

Game: Cash 9 Max

No this does not exist..

Like other's have said... it does not exist... there are no sites that take playchips for money... and the only way to xfer them to someone is to go to a table and "chip dump" which is against FullTilt policy and could/ will result in a ban.

Not worth it... Freeroll your way... play the Fergy $1... deposit $30... they match you 100%...

My Two Cents,
Moe

#31

26th November 2009, 8:36 PM

tpb221 [2,095]

Online Poker at: poker stars

Game: holdem

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardplayer52

if you rail the bigger playchip tourneys and ring games you actually see people beg for them.

Begging for Play Chips- Somebody help me!!!- I can't stop laughing!!!

#32

26th November 2009, 9:42 PM

IcyBlueAce [790]

Poker at: FTP

Game: Holdem'

Quote:

Originally Posted by moemtg

Like other's have said... it does not exist... there are no sites that take playchips for money... and the only way to xfer them to someone is to go to a table and "chip dump" which is against FullTilt policy and could/ will result in a ban.

Not worth it... Freeroll your way... play the Fergy $1... deposit $30... they match you 100%...

My Two Cents,
Moe

Not sure why you've said something ignorant like that, it does exist, people do it all the time.. I've done it a few times.. (got around $9/mil)

Depending on the site, you can even do the facebook/myspace chips for cash, the thing about those sites is you can't multitable plus its web browser based app.

I've seen so many of these threads its not even funny, but apparently this is always new news to dozens of people everytime its posted.

#33

28th November 2009, 8:18 PM

DrMarcelo55 [55]

Online Poker at: poker stars

Game: NL holdem

I dont knew!! How can i have more information?? I have 180k pay chips in Full Tilt. How can i change this??

#34

29th November 2009, 1:47 AM

IcyBlueAce [790]

Poker at: FTP

Game: Holdem'

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrMarcelo55

I dont knew!! How can i have more information?? I have 180k pay chips in Full Tilt. How can i change this??